The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-27
NUMBER ID.
Jewish Nobility In England.
New Orleans Times-D Democrat.

4 Alexander WE'LL. i'm the Figaro of Feb
ruary y, celebrates his race by citing
/ numerous cases of the infiltration OF
Jewish blood into the most aristocratic
veins of England. The tendency 10 cross
the Semitic and British races, indeed, ne
declares TO be ON the increase. Besides
Jews raised Ia great dignity by the
| Queen-such as the Rothschilds. Dis
/ raelis, Montefores, ete., WE'LL quotes
/ many Jewish baronets and knights bear
| ing such names as Goldsmith. solomon,
! Phillips, Samuel. Simon. Nogel and Mag
nus. The Herschell peerage: the baron
etcies of Samuelson and Lopes; and the
titles Of knighthood borne by the Beh-
rens. the dAguilars Wolfs and Others,
are more or less Jewish dignities. Among
noble families mixed with Jewish blood,
il given that of Sir Francis Head, the
descendant of Moses Mendes. who had
espoused the daughter and heiress of a
former Sir Francis Head, and whose
sons assumed the maternal name.
A grandson OF the same Moses
Mendes became the wife of
Rev. George Herbert brother To the
second Earl of Carnarvon. Another
branch of the Mendes stock is traced in
to the Tweedale family-through the
marriage Of n daughter of the Baron
Il Aguiear; and another daughter of
Mcndes married the second Niscount of
Galway. The late Lord Houghton was
direct descendant The blood of Moses
Mendes spread much further than even
this but il would probably tire our
readers To follow ont all its ramifications.
Suffice Ia say that IL got into the veins of
the Ricardos. and thence into the neigh
borhood of ducal coranets. The wife of
the present heir of Richmond and Gordon
is daughter of Percy Ricardo.
The family of Abudiente or Gideon Is
another Jewish family with high aristo-
cratic connection including viscounts,
barons, and even the Chancellor of the
ENchequer. thilders, "a descendant OF
that same Sampson Gideon, who, after
having formally renounced the syna-
gogde, left "A will i'm which lac expressed
the desire Ia be laid away with his
fathers, i'm the JEWS cemetery"
The Walpole and Lisburne families
have Jewish blood i'm their veins, Then
the Countess Desart is the daughter of
III. l.. Bischofsheim. who was jew; the
Countess of Orkney il the widow of the
late Baron Samuel; the Duchess of 81.
Alhans. the Countess of Roseberry,
Lady Contts-Lndsay and several other
ladies of title. are more or less of Jewish
origin. There are two instances OF "A
mixture of Jewish with royal blood
through alliances made by members of
the houses of Saint-Albans and South
hbillA''Ht
Well bases most Of his statements on
Burke's Pecrage and upon notes drawn
from the Jeirish World of London. His
spelling of names makes some Of his
quotations difficult Ia understand, but
the general result, il at all trustworthy.
is worth studying. II appears that the
editors of the ieerdge took especial pains
10 elucidate the extent of afiiliation by
marriage between jews and titled Gen
tiles, for the benefit of those interested
in the Semitic question; and the Jewish
papers have added and confirmed the RE-
search.
To what an extent the English press IL
controlled 10y Jews, would be- am interest
ing subject for similar Weills researches.
Jews have been notably successful as
newspaper men; and Joseph Levy. pro
prietor of the London Daily Telegraph,
the most successful English paper in the
world, is an example. Facts like these
form the most dignihed and telling
answer Ia the Stn.ckers ant Dther anti
Semitic preachers and pamphleteers.